A Royal Oak Township man pushed his girlfriend out of a third-story motel window as police say she begged for mercy before dropping 20 feet and landing in a parking lot.

The man then went down to the parking lot and slapped the woman several times before returning to his room, police said.

Police are seeking to charge the man with attempted murder. He was arrested Friday and is expected to be arraigned Tuesday.

Oakland County Sheriff’s Sgt. Chad Allan said the man, 52, had been arguing with his 47-year-old girlfriend in their room at the Royal Inn, 10900 W. Eight Mile Road in Royal Oak Township, when he forced her out of the window.

Other residents at the motel heard a commotion shortly after 9 p.m. Friday. Some witnesses leaned out their room windows as the woman repeatedly pleaded with the man to spare her life.